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Assign task

post
https://api.box.com/2.0
/task_assignments

This endpoint is in the version 2024.0. No changes are required to continue using it. For more details, see Box API versioning.

Assigns a task to a user.

A task can be assigned to more than one user by creating multiple assignments.

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Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json

Request Body

objectin body

The user to assign the task to.

stringin bodyrequired
"3242343"

The ID of the user to assign to the task.

To specify a user by their email address use the login parameter.

stringin bodyrequired
"john@example.com"

The email address of the user to assign to the task. To specify a user by their user ID please use the id parameter.

objectin body

The task to assign to a user.

stringin bodyrequired
"11446498"

The ID of the task

stringin bodyrequired
"task"

The type of the item to assign.

Value is always task

Response

application/jsonTask assignment

Returns a new task assignment object.

application/jsonClient error

Returns an error if a change is attempted for a completed task or the user does not have access to the item linked to the task for the given task assignment.

application/jsonClient error

Returns an error when the task cannot be found.

application/jsonClient error

Returns an error if any of the IDs for this request were not valid, or if the targeted user does not have access to the file.

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

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Request Example

cURL
curl -i -X POST "https://api.box.com/2.0/task_assignments" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
     -H "content-type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "task": {
         "id": "11446498",
         "type": "task"
       },
       "assign_to": {
         "id": "4823213"
       }
     }'
TypeScript Gen
await client.taskAssignments.createTaskAssignment({
  task: new CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskField({
    type: 'task' as CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskTypeField,
    id: task.id!,
  }),
  assignTo: {
    id: currentUser.id,
  } satisfies CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField,
} satisfies CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBody);
Python Gen
client.task_assignments.create_task_assignment(
    CreateTaskAssignmentTask(type=CreateTaskAssignmentTaskTypeField.TASK, id=task.id),
    CreateTaskAssignmentAssignTo(id=current_user.id),
)
.NET Gen
await client.TaskAssignments.CreateTaskAssignmentAsync(requestBody: new CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBody(task: new CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskField(type: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskTypeField.Task, id: NullableUtils.Unwrap(task.Id)), assignTo: new CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField() { Id = currentUser.Id }));
Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.taskAssignments.createTaskAssignment(requestBody: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBody(task: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskField(type: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskTypeField.task, id: task.id!), assignTo: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField(id: currentUser.id)))
Java
BoxUser user = new BoxUser(api, "user-id")
BoxTask task = new BoxTask(api, "id");
task.addAssignment(user);
Python
user = client.user(user_id='11111')
assignment = client.task(task_id='12345').assign(user)
print(f'Assignment ID is {assignment.id} and is assigned to user {assignment.assigned_to.name}')
.NET
// Assign task 11111 to user 22222
var assignmentParams = new BoxTaskAssignmentRequest()
{
    Task = new BoxTaskRequest()
    {
        Id = "11111"
    },
    AssignTo = new BoxAssignmentRequest()
    {
        Id = "22222"
    }
};
BoxTaskAssignment assignment = await client.TasksManager.CreateTaskAssignmentAsync(assignmentParams);
Node
// Assign task 11111 to user 22222
var taskID = '11111';
var userID = '22222';
client.tasks.assignByUserID(taskID, userID)
	.then(assignment => {
		/* assignment -> {
			type: 'task_assignment',
			id: '12345',
			item: 
			{ type: 'file',
				id: '33333',
				sequence_id: '0',
				etag: '0',
				sha1: '7840095ee096ee8297676a138d4e316eabb3ec96',
				name: 'script.js' },
			assigned_to: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '22222',
				name: 'Sample Assignee',
				login: 'assignee@exmaple.com' },
			message: null,
			completed_at: null,
			assigned_at: '2013-05-10T11:43:41-07:00',
			reminded_at: null,
			resolution_state: 'incomplete',
			assigned_by: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '33333',
				name: 'Example User',
				login: 'user@example.com' } }
		*/
	});

Response Example

{
  "id": "11446498",
  "type": "task_assignment",
  "assigned_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "assigned_by": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "user",
    "login": "ceo@example.com",
    "name": "Aaron Levie"
  },
  "assigned_to": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "user",
    "login": "ceo@example.com",
    "name": "Aaron Levie"
  },
  "completed_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "item": {
    "id": "12345",
    "type": "file",
    "etag": "1",
    "file_version": {
      "id": "12345",
      "type": "file_version",
      "sha1": "134b65991ed521fcfe4724b7d814ab8ded5185dc"
    },
    "name": "Contract.pdf",
    "sequence_id": "3",
    "sha1": "85136C79CBF9FE36BB9D05D0639C70C265C18D37"
  },
  "message": "Please review",
  "reminded_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "resolution_state": "incomplete"
}